Now, you are to write a well-written essay on the prompt: Is college really worth the time, effort, and cost?
Requirements for the essay:
Submit the essay on a Word document which is MLA formatted
Follow the attached outline
You must show knowledge of the following essay components
Thesis statement answers the prompt and is located in the correct position in the essay
understanding of the topic sentence relation to the thesis
evidence correctly in-text cited for each thesis “reason/idea”
Works Cited page correctly formatted
MLA format
Outline to be used:
I. Introduction
How do people seem to feel differently about the issue?
Facts about the pros and cons of a college education-important information you gained from reading on this topic to help the audience understand the issue.
Conclude the intro with your thesis: The time, effort, and cost of college is/is not worth it because __________, ___________, and __________.
II. III and IV. The body paragraphs (there must be at least 3 (one for each effect)
The topic sentence of the paragraph will be the first effect included in your thesis. Make sure this sentence is written as an argument that you will prove.
In several sentences explain your argument and explain why this argument is valid.
Find 2 pieces of evidence for each effect (quote or paraphrase) to back up your argument reason and correctly in-text cite your sources.
Signal your source when you introduce the source for the first time: “In the article “_________________” the author, ______________, argues…
After you have introduced a source the first time in the essay, parenthetically cite it thereafter.
Explain how that evidence backs up your thesis argument.
Sum up the argument with a closing sentence.
V. The conclusion
Restate the thesis (see if you can do it with other words but still maintain the idea.
Summarize your entire argument in the body of this essay (do not add any new information, argument, or example!)
Close your entire essay with a concluding statement on the topic.
